Phrenic nerve neurotization using the spinal accessory nerve for diaphragmatic palsy in extensive high spinal cord injury secondary to idiopathic acute transverse myelitis

The authors present a case of functional improvement of diaphragmatic paralysis in extensive high spinal cord injury, performing a neurotization of the phrenic nerve with the spinal accessory nerve. A C2-C5 injury of the spinal cord was diagnosed in a 15 years old female, secondary to idiopathic acu...

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Main Authors: Antonio Heredia Gutierrez, Maria Eugenia Carbarin Carbarin, Samuel Torres García, Fernando Chico Ponce de Leon
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Brazilian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/519cb58e39484f5ca2f361e2ff8cfe8b
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